[Embassy] An exclusive opening event for the “Nagisa Oshima Retrospective”
2024/9/10
On the 9th of September, the Embassy of Japan hosted an exclusive opening event for the “Nagisa Oshima Retrospective” at CINEMATEK, the royal film archive of Belgium. This is the 6th retrospective of Japanese film directors by CINEMATEK, in cooperation with the Japan Foundation and the Embassy of Japan.
For the opening, “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” (1982), a masterpiece of Oshima was screened. In his opening remarks before the screening, Ambassador Mikami highlighted Oshima’s careful depiction of the characters’ emotions with the difficult theme, the World War II, as well as the beautiful music by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto who visited Belgium in 2016.
The Nagisa Oshima Retrospective runs from 11 September to 11 October.
https://cinematek.be/en/programma/2024-09-10-11-nagisa-oshima
For the opening, “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” (1982), a masterpiece of Oshima was screened. In his opening remarks before the screening, Ambassador Mikami highlighted Oshima’s careful depiction of the characters’ emotions with the difficult theme, the World War II, as well as the beautiful music by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto who visited Belgium in 2016.
The Nagisa Oshima Retrospective runs from 11 September to 11 October.
https://cinematek.be/en/programma/2024-09-10-11-nagisa-oshima